She smiled, turning toward Alek. "You don't know what a friend you have in Dylan.

Money's the same, whoever gives it to you. That was the point of money, after all: crisp and clean or wrinkled or disintegrated into quarters - a dollar was always worth a hundred cents.

The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind.

Sometimes you can’t choose what you love.

It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.

As one does a bear riding a bicycle. One sees it so rarely. (Spoken by Volger, on Deryn)

Perhaps Clankers and Darwinists would always be at war, if only in their hearts.